FIDE Introduces Changes in Tiebreak Rules Prior to Liren-Gukesh World Chess Championship Match
D Gukesh (left) and Ding Liren (PTI Photo)
Now, due to the new regulations set forth by FIDE on Monday, tie-breakers in this match will see a gradual decrease in time control.
As per new FIDE regulations, the World Chess Championship match, set to take place between defending champion Ding Liren and challenger D Gukesh, will include a new tie-breaker rule.
The much-anticipated 2024 FIDE World Championship match, set to begin from November 23rd onwards in Singapore, will consist of 14 classical games. Each game will follow the time control of 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment starting from move 41.
The player who scores 7.5 points or more wins the World Championship Match. If the score after fourteen games is equal, then tie-breaks will be played.
The tie-breaks will be played in the rapid format first, and then the blitz format.
Now, due to the new regulations set forth by FIDE on Monday, tie-breakers in this match will see a gradual decrease in time control.
The rapid playoff will begin with a set of four games of 15 minutes (not 25 minutes, as compared to last year) plus a 10-second increment per move.
If the score remained level after these four games, a two-game rapid playoff of 10 minutes plus a 5-second increment per move would follow — this is an additional stage that has also been added.
The last World championship, in which Ding defeated Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, the tie-breakers had four games of 25 minutes plus 10-second increment where Ding won the fourth rapid game after the first three were drawn to clinch the title that had been relinquished by Magnus Carlsen, who was “not motivated to play another match”.
The total prize fund for this year’s World Championship match is $2.5 million, with specific distributions based on game outcomes.
Each player will receive $200,000 for each game they win. The remaining prize money will be split equally between the players. If the winner is decided on a tie-break, the prize money will be divided as follows: the winner receives $1,300,000, and the runner-up receives $1,200,000.
Can Ding defend his title for the very first time around, or will we witness a new champion in the making?
